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Ethical issues & debates

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Ethical issues & debates

Paperback. Advance directives - such as living wills and health care proxies - are documents intended to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make their own decisions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of advance directives and clear, practical directions for writing and interpreting them. Editor(s): King, Nancy M. P. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406050
ISBN
9780878406050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.95

Paperback. Explores Vietnam's sex industry as the country ascends the global and regional stage. This book looks at both the sex workers and their clients to show how Vietnamese high finance and benevolent giving are connected to the intimate spheres of the informal economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 line, 2 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFMX; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275577
ISBN
9780520275577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137487469
ISBN
9781137487469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.44

Hardcover. This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286291
ISBN
9781137286291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Paperback. Often depicted as deviant or pathological by public health researchers, psychoanalysts, and sexologists, male-with-male sex and sex work is, in fact, an increasingly mainstream pursuit. This book addresses how masculinity and sexuality shape male commercial sex in this era of Internet communications. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226870069
ISBN
9780226870069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMA; JHBZ; KCM; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Progressive Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781615770502
ISBN
9781615770502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.06

Hardcover. What Morality Means examines the scientific theory of morality, drawing on zoological and physiological literatures in addition to contemporary sociological research on status and exchange. The theory roots morality in the capacity for perceptual overlap, and describes how perceptual overlap has been constrained and enabled in human history. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JHBA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137449283
ISBN
9781137449283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nolan, Kevin G. Num Pages: 169 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607415220
ISBN
9781607415220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13
€ 88.36

Hardcover. Through case studies set in different Asian countries, this book examines the efforts of public practitioners to develop the skills they need to act effectively and well in public life. In a time of evolving moral identity, Asian countries face laboratories of political transformation, with lessons for democratic practitioners everywhere. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JFM; JK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137492043
ISBN
9781137492043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardback. The first comprehensive examination of execution as a social institution in Canada. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817530
ISBN
9780774817530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

hardcover. Num Pages: 173 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFMG; JPQB; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2017
SKU
V9783319339832
ISBN
9783319339832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardcover. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485175
ISBN
9781137485175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Delves into the aesthetics and politics of sexuality in the era of do-it-yourself (DIY) Internet pornography. This work offers a critical analysis of Web culture as digital artistry and of the corresponding heightened government surveillance and censorship of the Internet. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMP; JHMC; UDB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742554313
ISBN
9780742554313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.58

Hardcover. G is for Genes summariezes the latest research and explores, in a scientific and non-political way, what genetic research means for schools, and for the choices parents have to make about their children's education. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118482780
ISBN
9781118482780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 78.61

Paperback. This study examines and illuminates how the lives of Korean prostitutes in the 1970s served as the invisible underpinnings to US-Korean military policies at the highest level. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HB; JFMX; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106436
ISBN
9780231106436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: JFMG; JHBK; JHMC; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171753
ISBN
9780691171753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: JFMG; JHBK; JHMC; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167480
ISBN
9780691167480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.32
€ 83.75

Paperback. What is the legal status of abortion and the human fetus? In an extended analysis of mainstream arguments involving abortion and the status of 'personhood' that is often applied to the fetus, this book provides novel answers to some of the core 'pro-life' arguments in favour of recognizing fetal personhood and moral rights. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; LAB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198806608
ISBN
9780198806608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HRCX6; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800723453
ISBN
9780800723453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. How society should respond to the rise of the sex trade is shaping up to be one of the Twenty-First Century's big questions. Should it be legal to pay for sex? Isn't it a woman's choice whether she strips for money? Could online porn warping the attitudes of a generation of boys? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571278220
ISBN
9780571278220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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